HS. An, M.D. CURRICULUM VITAE (Howard S. An, M.D.) Office Address: Rush University Medical Center 1611 W. Harrison St. Suite 300 Chicago, Illinois 60612 phone: 312-243-4244 fax: 312-942-1516 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION: 1979 B.A. (chemistry), The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 1982 M.D. University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION: 1982-1983 Internship, University of Toledo Medical Center 1983-1988 Orthopaedic Residency, University of Toledo Medical Center 1988-1989 Spine Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Pennsylvania Hospital (Rothman Institute), Philadelphia, PA FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: 1989-1992 Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI 1992-1997 Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin 7/1997 Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with Tenure, Medical College of Wisconsin 9/1/1997 Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with Tenure, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL 11/1997 The Morton International Endowed Chair, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush Medical College HOSPITAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: 2005-present Medical Director, Rush Spine and Back Center 2002-present Director, Division of Spine Surgery, Rush University Medical Center 1992-present Director of Spine Fellowship, Dept. Orthopaedics 1997-present Active Staff, Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL 1998-present Active Staff, Oak Park Hospital Oak Park, IL 1989-1997 Chief, Spine Service, Department of Orthopaedics, The Medical College of Wisconsin (Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin) 1992-1997 Active Staff, Veteran’s Administration Hospital Milwaukee, WI 1991-2001 Associate Staff, Lakeland Medical Center, Elkorn, WI 1993-1997 Courtesy Staff, West Allis Memorial Hospital, West Allis, WI 1996-1997 Interim Vice-Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery 1995-1997 Spine consultant for Milwaukee Ballet and Milwaukee Professional Mustang Football team CERTIFICATION: 1991 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 2001 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Recertification 2011 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Recertification LICENSURE: 1989-2007: Wisconsin, 1997: Illinois (active) AWARDS, HONORS: 1990 North American Traveling Fellowship from American Orthopaedic Association 1990, 1996 Teacher of the Year, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Medical College of Wisconsin 1993, 1999 North American Spine Society Research Award 1995 Scoliosis Research Society Traveling Fellowship 1996,1998, 2003, 2006, 2007 Selected in Best Doctors in America 1997 The Morton International Endowed Chair for Spine Research, Rush University 1997 Cervical Spine Research Society Research Award 1999 Scoliosis Research Society John Moe Award for Best Basic Science Poster 2000 International Society of the Study of the Lumbar Spine Best Poster Award 2002, 2006 Golden Apple Teaching Award, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush Medical College HS. An, M.D. 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 Chicago Spine Fellows Award for Teaching Excellence 2005 Henry Farfan Award for Outstanding Contributions in Spine-related Basic Science Research from North American Spine Society 2006 Hibbs Award: Best Basic Science Presentation at Scoliosis Research Society 2006 Cervical Spine Research Society 1st Place Basic Science Research Award 2010 AAOS Achievement Award 2010 The Best Basic Science Paper Award Spine Arthroplasty Society 2010 2010 Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Toledo College of Medicine 2010 The Second Prize Basic Sciece Paper, Cervical Spine Research Society 2011 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award, Orthopaedic Research Society and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 1997 American Orthopaedic Association 1996 Societe Internationale De Chirurgie Orthopedique et De Traumatologie (SICOT) 1995 Orthopaedic Research Society 1993 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 1991 Cervical Spine Research Society 1992 American Spinal Injury Association 1993 North American Spine Society 1993 Scoliosis Research Society 1993 International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine 1992 Mid-America Orthopaedic Association 1990 American Medical Association 1989 Jefferson Orthopaedic Society 1998 Illinois Orthopaedic Society 2006 Korean American Spine Society 2008 The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery COMMITTEES IN NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2007-2010 Section on Spine Biologics and Research Committee: North American Spine Society 2006-2010 Korean American Spine Society (President, 2009, Board of Directors, 2010) 2004-present Program Committee (2004-2007 Chairman, 2007). Vice-President (2009), President (2010) of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine 2005-2009 Endowment Committee, Research Coordination Committee, Scoliosis Research Society 2001-2009 AAOS Research Committee: Spine Panel, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2000-2006 Task Force for Spinal Research, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2001-2010 Spine Program sub-committee, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2006-2009 Orthopaedic Research Society: Chair of Spine Program Committee 2001-2004 John J. Fahey, M.D. Memorial North American Traveling Fellowship Subcommittee, American Orthopaedic Association 1997-2003 Spine Committee of American Spinal Injury Association 1999-2003 Research Committee of Scoliosis Research Society (Chairman of committee, 2001-2002) 1995-2000 Academic Orthopedic Society Task Force on Faculty Development 1995-2000 Outcome Analysis Committee in National Spine Network 1999-2002 Chairman, Educational Committee, Mid-American-Orthopaedic Association 1999-2002 Member of Resident and Fellow Education Committee, North American Spine Society 1996-2001 Instructional Course Committee of North American Spine Society 1997-2001 Research Grant Review Committee for Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation 1999-2001 Member of Research Committee, Cervical Spine Research Society 1999-2001 Spine Committee, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 1993-1996 Membership Committee of American Spinal Injury Association 1993-1996 Research Coordinating Committee of Scoliosis Research Society 1994-1996 Member Research Committee of Cervical Spine Research Society (Chairman,1996) 1994-1997 Campaign chairman for regional Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation 1995-1996 Program Committee of North American Spine Society HS. An, M.D. EDITORIAL BOARD: Spine: Advisory board (1993-1994), Associate Editor (1995-present) The Spine Journal: Deputy Editor (2000-2005) Reviewer: 2005-present Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: (Editorial Review Board, 2000-present) American Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery: Associate Editor (1996-present) Contemporary Spine Surgery: Editorial Board (2000-present) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery Editorial Board (2006-present) [email protected]: Editorial board (2000-present) Current Orthopaedic Practice Reviewer (2008-present) Asian Spine Journal Editorial Board (2009-present) TRAINING OF CLINICAL SPINE FELLOWS: (Director of spine fellowship) Thomas Andreshak, M.D: 1992-1993 J. Michael Glover, M.D: 1993-1994 Mark Coppes, M.D: 1994-1995 S. Craig Humphreys, M.D: 1995-1996 Louis Jenis, M.D: 1996-1997 Jesse Butler, M.D: 1997-1998 Uyen Van, M.D: 1997-1998 Jeffrey Wise, M.D: 1998-1999 Timothy Yoon, M.D: 1999-2000 Rex Alexander W. Marco, M.D: 1999-2000 James M. Osborn, M.D: 1999-2000 Lukasz Curylo, M.D: 2000-2001 Donald K. Mathews, M.D: 2000-2001 Shane Pak, M.D: 2000-2001 Nicholas Ahn, M.D: 2001-2002 Thomas McNally, M.D: 2001-2002 Ashok Biyani, M.D: 2001-2002 Nitin Khanna, M.D: 2002-2003 Francis H. Shen, M.D: 2002-2003 Gurvinder Singh Deol, M.D: 2002-2003 J. Scott Price, M.D: 2003-2004 Amir Fayyazi, M.D: 2003-2004 Charles Shuff, M.D: 2003-2004 Christian Dubois, M.D. 2003-2004 Prakasam Kalluri, M.D. 2004-2005 Alexander Seldomridge, M.D. 2004-2005 Sameer Mather, M.D. 2004-2005 Robert Lowe, M.D. 2004-2005 Neil Manson, M.D. 2005-2006 Juris Shibayama, M.D. 2005-2006 Patrick Cahill, M.D. 2006-2007 Michael Lee, M.D. 2006-2007 Eric Lin, M.D. 2006-2007 Todd Allen, M.D. 2007-2008 Mustafa Khan, M.D. 2007-2008 Dalip Pelinkovic, M.D. 2007-2008 John Ehteshami, M.D. 2008-2009 Thomas Lawhorne III, M.D. 2008-2009 Hajeer Sabet, M.D. 2008-2009 Mir Haroon Ali, M.D. 2009-2010 Krzysztof B. Siemionow, M.D. 2009-2010 Mohammad Shukairy, M.D. 2009-2010 Colin Harris, M.D. 2009-2010 HS. An, M.D. Elizabeth Kelley Banagan, M.D. 2010-2011 Safdar Khan, M.D. 2010-2011 Issac Moss, M.D. 2010-2011 Thomas Cha, M.D. 2010-2011 Neil Badnani, M.D. 2011-2012 Chadi Tannoury, M.D. 2011-2012 Joe Lee, M.D. 2011-2012 TRAINING OF INTERNATIONAL POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH SPINE FELLOWS: Yassuo Yoshida, M.D: 1991 (Brazil) Toru Hasegawa, M.D: 1992-1993 (Japan) Jerzy Pawloski, M.D: 1993 (Poland) Rongming Xu, M.D: 1993-1994 (China) J. Y. Ahn, M.D: 1994 (Korea) A. Inufusa, M.D: 1994-1995 (Japan) G. Wang, M.D: 1994-1996 (China) H. Yoshida, M.D: 1995-1996 (Japan) Sang-Wook Lee, M.D: 1996-1997 (Korea) J. W. You, M.D: 1996-1997 (Korea) Y.D. Koh, M.D: 1996 (Korea) S. Y. Lee, M.D: 1996-1997 (Korea) Chang-Hoon Jeon, M.D. 1997-1998 (Korea) Han Kwon, M.D: 1997-1998 (Korea) B. Chen, M.D: 1997-1999 (China) A. Fujiwara, M.D: 1998-2000 (Japan) N. Tanaka, M.D: 1998-1999 (Japan) Kyung W. Song, M.D: 1999 (Korea) Joong W. Ha, M.D: 1999-2000 (Korea) C.Y Lee, M.D: 1999-2000 (Korea) Luiz Franca, M.D: 1999-2000 (Brazil) K. Takegami, M.D: 1999-2000 (Japan) M. C. Chang, M.D: 1999-2000 (Taiwan) Y. Aota, M.D: 1999-2001 (Japan) T. Matsumoto, M.D: 1999-2001 (Japan) W. J. Kim, M.D: 2000-2001 (Korea) S. T. Jeong, M.D: 2000-2001 (Korea) Zhenming Hu, M.D: 2000-2001 (China) Abdullah Tajuddin, M.D: 2000-2001 (Malaysia) Seok-Woo Kim, M.D: 2001-2002 (Korea) Yoshiyuki Imai, M.D: 2001-2003 (Japan) Michiaki Yamada, M.D: 2001-2003 (Japan) Carlos Felipe Forero, M.D: 2001 (Columbia) Abdul Yusof Halim, MD: 2001 (Malaysia) N. Hiranyasthiti, M.D: 2001-2003 (Thailand) K.W. Kim, M.D: 2001-2003 (Korea) Koichi Nakagawa, MD: 2002-2004 (Japan) Masahiko Okuma, M.D: 2002-2004 (Japan) Tai Hyoung Cho M.D: 2002-2004 (Korea) Shiwen Song, M.D: 2003-2004 (China) Kei Myamoto, M.D: 2003-2006 (Japan) Koji Akeda, M.D: 2003-2005 (Japan) K.